Today in History for May 1989

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Historical Events

Events 1 - 82 of 82

1st - 135 acre Disney's MGM studio officially opens to public
1st - Jockey Chris Antley ends record of 64 consecutive winning days
1st - US Supreme Court rules employees have legal burden to prove non- discriminatory reasons for not hiring or promoting
4th - Junior Felix of Toronto becomes 53rd to hit HR on 1st at bat
4th - US launches Magellan to Venus
4th - US space shuttle STS-30 launched
5th - Mike Tyson gets 2nd speeding ticket for drag racing in Albany NY
6th - 115th Kentucky Derby: Pat Valenzuela on Sunday Silence wins in 2:05
7th - Juli Inkster wins LPGA Crestar Golf Classic
7th - Mark Merrony (Wales) cycles for 30 mins in Nepal at 21,030 feet
7th - Panamanian voters reject dictator Manuel Noriega's bid for presidency
8th - Paul McCartney releases "My Brave Face" & remake of "Ferry Cross the Mersey"
8th - US space shuttle STS-30 lands
9th - "Saratina!" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 597 performances
9th - Journalist petition Chinese government for freedom of press
9th - NY Mets Kevin Elster, errors after 88 errorless games at shortstop
9th - NY Mets Rick Cerone, errors after 159 errorless games as catcher
9th - VP Quayle say in United Negro College Fund speech: "What a waste it is to lose one's mind" instead of "a mind is terrible thing to waste"
10th - FC Barcelona wins 29th Europe Cup II
Pop Singer & Beatle Paul McCartney 10th - Gen Manuel Noriega's government nullifies country's elections, which the opposition had won by a 3-1 margin
11th - 217th & final episode of "Dynasty" is aired
11th - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island
11th - Kenya announces worldwide ban on ivory to preserve its elephant herds
11th - President Bush orders nearly 2,000 troops to Panama
12th - "Entertainment Tonight" performs their 2,000th TV performance
12th - Last graffiti covered NYC subway car retired
12th - Retired Brit pilot Jack Mann is kidnapped by Islamic fundamentalists
13th - Approx 2,000 students begin hunger strike in Tiananmen Square, China
13th - Minn Twin Kirby Puckett becomes 35th to hit 4 doubles in a game
13th - Trinidad & Tobago ties US 1-1, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup
14th - 1st Tour de Trump bicycle race run (Atlanta)
14th - 1st time since 1948 a player hit 6 consecutive doubles (Kirby Puckett)
14th - Cindy Rarick wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
14th - Demonstration for democratic reforms in Beijing's Tiananmen square
14th - Final TV episode of "Family Ties" airs
14th - Moonlighting, TV Crime Drama last airs on ABC
15th - "Chu Chem" closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 44 performances
15th - Blue Jays fire manager Jimy Williams & replace him with Cito Gaston
15th - Soviet Pres Gorbachev in Beijing for 1st Sino-Soviet summit in 30 yrs
15th - US Basketball League cancels its summer schedule
15th - Maxwell House coffee runs ads during "Roe vs Wade" movie despite threat of boycott by right-to-lifers
16th - Soviet president Mikhail S Gorbachev & Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping ended a 30-year rift when they formally met in Beijing
17th - Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000!
17th - Napoli wins 18th UEFA Cup in Stuttgart
Anti-apartheid activist/South African President Nelson Mandela 17th - Nelson Mandela receives a BA from University of South Africa
17th - Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr Gachet" auctioned for $825M
18th - Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl
19th - Dow Jones Avg passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1
19th - Sue Ellen (Linda Gray) last appearance on Dallas
20th - 115th Preakness: Pat Valenzuela aboard Sunday Silence wins in 1:53.8
20th - China declares martial law in Beijing
20th - Toonces The Cat takes the wheel on Saturday Night Live
20th - Walter McConnel, 57, is oldest to reach 27,000' Mt Everest top
21st - 35th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez
23rd - 3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone
23rd - Angela Visser, 22, of Holland, crowned 38th Miss Universe
23rd - Lincoln Square in Bronx named
23rd - Cleve loses & drop to 21-22, this is the latest a sub .500 team is in 1st place (AL East)
24th - "Indiana Jones & Last Crusade" premieres
24th - AC Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona
24th - French war criminal Paul Touvier arrested in monastery in Nice
24th - NHL's NY Rangers fire GM & coach Phil Esposito
Parody Singer and Comedian Weird Al Yankovic 24th - Weird Al Yankovic records his UHF soundtrack
24th - NY Yankee hurler Lee Gutterman sets record of pitching 30-2/3 innings before giving up his 1st run of season
24th - Sonia Sutcliffe, wife of the Yorkshire Ripper, is awarded £600,000 in damages (later reduced to £60,000 on appeal) after winning a libel action against Private Eye.
25th - Eastern Airlines graduates it 1st class of non-union pilots
25th - Mariners trade Mark Langston to Montreal for Randy Johnson
25th - Mikhail Gorbachev elected Executive President in the Soviet Union
25th - Stanley Cup: Calgary Flames beat Montreal Canadiens, 4 games to 2
25th - Weird Al Yankovic records "She Drives Like Crazy"
26th - At 7:42 AM, radio has a 30 2nd silence, honoring radio
26th - Danish parliament allows legal marriage among homosexuals
26th - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
28th - Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
28th - Emerson Fittipaldi wins Indianapolis 500
29th - Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt, 39, retires
29th - Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty
Comedian David Letterman 30th - Margaret Ray pleads guilty to breaking into David Letterman's house
31st - "Rambling with Gambling" 20,000th radio program on WOR-AM (NYC)
31st - 1st International Rock Awards
31st - 1st presentation of rock n roll Elvis awards
31st - Speaker of House Jim Wright resigns

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 9 of 9

4th - Rory McIlroy, Holywood Northern Ireland, Professional Golfer
5th - Chris Brown, American singer
6th - Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakian tennis player
10th - Lindsey Shaw, American actress
11th - Giovani dos Santos, Mexican footballer
11th - Ace Hood, American rapper
24th - Tara Correa-McMullen, American actress (d. 2005)
29th - Danielle Riley Keough, grand daughter of Elvis Presley
30th - Kevin Covais, American singer

Famous Weddings

Weddings 1 - 1 of 1

28th - Delta Burke (Designing Women) weds Gerald McRaney (Major Dad)

Famous Divorces

Divorces 1 - 1 of 1

18th - Lisa Strawberry files for divorce from Darryl

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 37 of 37

1st - David Webster, South African white anti-apartheids activist, murdered
1st - Douglass Watson, actor (Mac Cory-Another World), dies at 68
1st - Marion Mack, actress (General), dies
1st - Sally Kirkland, fashion editor at LIFE (b. 1912)
2nd - Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906)
2nd - Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (b. 1902)
3rd - Christine Jorgensen, 1st transsexual, dies at 62
3rd - Muriel Ostriche, dies
3rd - Edward Ochab, Polish Communist politician (b. 1906)
5th - Frank Easton, cricket wicketkeeper (NSW 1933-39), dies
6th - Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space)
9th - Keith Whitley, country singer (Don't Close Your Eyes), dies at 33
9th - Paul J Steenbergen, actor (Ciske de Rat), dies at 82
10th - Woody Shaw, American jazz musician (b. 1944)
12th - Joe Valdez Caballero, creator of hard taco, shell, dies at 81
12th - Marcelle de Manziarly, composer, dies at 89
15th - John Waldo Green, composer, dies at 80
15th - Johnny Green, American songwriter (b. 1908)
16th - Hassan Khaled, sheik of Lebanon, murdered
19th - Able J Herzberg, Russ/Neth lawyer (Eichmann in Jerusalem), dies
19th - E Galgoczi, writer, dies
19th - Robert Webber, actor (Alex-Moonlighting), dies of ALS at 64
19th - CLR James, West Indian writer and journalist (b. 1901)
20th - Anton Diffring, actor (Zeppelin, Fahrenheit 451), dies at 70
20th - Gilda Radner, comedienne (SNL, Haunted Honeymoon), dies at 42
20th - John R Hicks, English economist (Nobel 1972), dies
22nd - Steven DeGroote, South African classical pianist (b. 1953)
23rd - Georgy Tovstonogov, Russian theatre director (b. 1915)
24th - Herwig Hensen [Flor Mielants], Flemish dramatist/poet, dies at 72
26th - Don Revie, Former footballer and England and Leeds United Manager (b. 1927)
27th - Jack Starrett, director/actor (Chase, Nightwish, 1st Blood), dies
27th - Arseny Tarkovsky, Russian poet (b. 1907)
29th - John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)
30th - Zinka Milanov, Met Opera Diva, dies of a stroke at 83
31st - C L R James, cricket writer (distinguished Trinidadian), dies
31st - Charles A Hufnagel, doc (artificial heart valve pioneer), dies at 72
31st - Terry Drinkwater, CBS news correspondent, dies at 53 of cancer